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as in tease
a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another
the teasers were never satisfied until they had caused their victim to burst into tears
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as in nuisance
one who is obnoxiously annoying
he was by nature a teaser, someone who kept testing people to see if they could calmly bear his put-downs
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Recent Examples of teaser
Watch the official teaser for tonight’s finale below.
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Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
The candy might have flopped, but the teaser for Vikander’s new movie, The Assessment, definitely won Clarkson over, in which Vikander acted out like a child to assess whether a couple would be good parents.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2025
Borderlands 4 Trailers Surprisingly, barely anything leaked before Gearbox and 2K were ready to reveal that Borderlands 4 was coming and the official teaser trailer didn't appear until August 20, 2024.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 19 Mar. 2025
Instead, a short teaser video featuring a Pikachu tail made of Lego bricks bounces across the screen.
—Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2025
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Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
The candy might have flopped, but the teaser for Vikander’s new movie, The Assessment, definitely won Clarkson over, in which Vikander acted out like a child to assess whether a couple would be good parents.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2025
Borderlands 4 Trailers Surprisingly, barely anything leaked before Gearbox and 2K were ready to reveal that Borderlands 4 was coming and the official teaser trailer didn't appear until August 20, 2024.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 19 Mar. 2025
Instead, a short teaser video featuring a Pikachu tail made of Lego bricks bounces across the screen.
—Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for teaser
Noun
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After months of teases, Ye surprise released his Bully album on Tuesday night (March 18) in three different versions.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
19 Mar. 2025
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Love Is Blind Season 8 is over and done with, and the reunion brought us a few surprises, including a tease for Perfect Match Season 3 that wasn’t so much a tease but an outright spoiler for one particular couple: AD and Ollie.—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
10 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In a meeting that month which Dahl recorded, Turner referred to Williams as a nuisance who had already been dealt with.—
Ronan Farrow,
The New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2025
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However, residents argue that the alligator, who had been sunning beside a pond on the property for more than a decade, was not a nuisance but that his fate was in fact decided by the new management, who thought the wild animal posed a risk to residents.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA TODAY,
18 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Being famous, especially as A-list as the Pauls, surely has its annoyances – one’s privacy is effectively gone.—
Ryan Morik,
Fox News,
24 Mar. 2025
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And then there’s the annoyance and horror of Why am I being forced to deal with this unruly Eagan, who could die on my watch?—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
12 Mar. 2025
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Residents of Independence towers unionized with KC Tenants in May after the building’s hot water system was down for two weeks, following months of serious plumbing, heating and cooling, and pest control issues.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
19 Mar. 2025
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Attach photos for inquiries about plant pests or diseases.—
Barbara Robertson,
The Mercury News,
17 Mar. 2025
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“Teaser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teaser. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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